Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Resigns

Kimberly Cheatle, the director of the U.S. Secret Service, has resigned. “I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” she said in the email to Secret Service staff on July 23. “In light of recent events, it is with a heavy heart that I have made the difficult decision to step down as your director.” Ms. Cheatle, who was sworn in as director in 2022, had previously rebuffed calls to resign in the wake of the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. The former president was struck in the ear during a Pennsylvania rally on July 13 by a bullet fired by a shooter from a nearby roof. Secret Service agents were not on the roof because it was sloped, Ms. Cheatle has said....